Residents, business owners lament as darkness hits FCT

Several areas in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, have been thrown into darkness for days.

 

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, confirmed this in three separate outage statements released on its X handle on Thursday and Friday.

 

The disco blamed the blackout on technical fault affecting the feeders serving the concerned locations.

 

“We regret to inform you that the ongoing power outage is due to a technical fault affecting the feeders serving these locations,” the AEDC stated in a notice on Friday.

 

Several areas and businesses affected include Jabi District, Lifecamp, Kado District, Aire Gas, Total Marble, and others along Kaduna Road.

 

Also, Idu, Citec Mbora, Karmo, EFAB Global Estate, Karmo, Woodfield Estate, Zulu Community and all its environs are experiencing outages.

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Also, Sokale Garden, Dutse Makaranta, Dutse Bokuma, Ushafa, Pegi, Gigo, Defence College Estate, Kogo, Zuma, Veritas University, Jamb Headquarters, Law School, Bwari and environs are experiencing similar power outages.

 

Meanwhile, for Bwari and its environs, the disco said the epileptic power supply was particularly due to a technical fault in the 33 kV Bwari Feeder serving the areas.

 

“The ongoing power outage is due to a technical fault on the 33kV Bwari Feeder, which is affecting supply to these areas.

 

“The TCN technical team is working tirelessly to restore power as quickly as possible,” the Abuja disco disclosed.

 

Meanwhile, residents in the affected areas have continued to lament the impact of the outage.

 

Benjamin Aina, a resident of Ushafa, said his area has had no power for the past week.

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“It is painful we haven’t had power supply for one week now. My food stored in the freezer is all spoiled,” he said.

 

Similarly, Musa Abdullahi, a resident of Jabu, decried the outage, noting that he now spend more on petrol to power his generator.

 

“We have not had power supply for over a week now. The situation is really impacting households and businesses in Jabu. I now spend more money to buy fuel. The AEDC and TCN need to fix this situation,” he stated.

 

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